No Swine With My Turkey, Thanks

As we get excited about going Over The River and Through The Woods this week, let’s remember to keep our heads.

Thanksgiving is tradition. We all have different ones, but for most of us, it involves Turkey. It also involves family, traffic, crowing in the kitchen, and watching the Detroit Lions get destroyed on national TV. Generally, we all look forward to it, which is why the roads and airports are never busier.

This year, it is also a dangerous week. If you haven’t heard about swine flu, the risks, the risk groups, vaccines, preventione measures, etc, you have been under a rock. A big one. In a hole. On Saturn. The other side of Saturn. However, I am willing to bet there is someone out there with the sniffles, a mild fever, and a slight cough, that is hell-bent on getting to Grandmas house this year for her stuffing and Pecan Pie.

Folks, please take this warning: If you are sick, let’s take a rain check on Thanksgiving. Virtually every gathering will feature people from high risk groups (elderly, young and/or pregnant). It is highly likely you would like to see them next year, and at least not have huge hospital bills to boot. People will be crammed 200 strong into hollow metal tubes for hours on end, breathing on each other. These tubes are called airplanes. This is H1N1’s “Big Chance” to really hammer this nation.

If you are feeling ill, take a rain check on Thanksgiving. We’ll do it again next year. The Lions will still lose without you.